Did anyone buy scrapland?

DiaperJe|\|i3

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Just reading some reviews now. I thought it looked pretty neat when I saw the initial screenshots. It doesn't appear to have garnered much positive feedback. Hell, I can't even seem to find the game here in canada. Neither futureshop nor compusmart have it. I guess its a pass.
 
I'm curious that no one talks about it too since people seemed to like the demo.

The only thing I read about it is that the game was built by the same spanish developers that did blade of darkness (wish they did a sequel to that game instead- I played it 3x) and American Mcgee supposedly came into the game very late in development and basically slapped his name on it.
 
Sounds about right.

I didn't particularly enjoy blade of darkness. It required more skill with the keyboard than I could produce. I got stuck about 3/4 the way though.

From all I've read Beyond Good and Evil might be a better investment. Especially at $9.
 
I don't think it got promoted enough and kinda slipped outta the minds of gamers. I had not even heard of it till the "leaked" demo got out. But i really enjoyed it. Seems like it might end up be one of those great little known gems :(
 
Of course I bought Scrapland! It was my first pick this Fall and the game did not disappoint.
 
DiaperJe|\|i3 said:
Where did you get it? I've checked the larger retailers but its not on the shelves.

I'm a game developer so I tend to get games before they hit store shelves.
 
P1x44r said:
I'm a game developer so I tend to get games before they hit store shelves.

how is it to be a game developer? If u don't mind me asking, is the pay good, working conditions etc?
 
Scrapland really came out at a wrong time. For the last 4 months all the huge titles have been released. no advertisement + no publicity whatsoever = doomed.

August doom3 came out, september through november a plethora of huge games have come out, it was doomed with failure not as a game but as gross. Demo was incredible but finding it, postal 2 was also private but you could find it everywhere, i don't knwo about scrapland.

I'll eventually pick it up, I've been poor for so long though.
 
I got it at Best Buy.. they had a lot of copies.

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Still waiting for Vampire to finish so I can install it.
 
IMO it is one of those games that after you start to play it, you start to think that maybe you should have kept better track of it's release :drool: . A very decent game that people will like if they hear about it. I have always been a 'eye candy' type of gamer, but am starting to appreciate the finer points of story development. Check out the demo of this game, I think you will enjoy it? Just my opinion though.

Dc/Gary
 
dumb1 said:
how is it to be a game developer? If u don't mind me asking, is the pay good, working conditions etc?

Well, honestly, I can't say that becoming a game developer was my dream job. I'm a programmer, and I used to work for Telecommunication industry before joining gmaing company XXX(I will not mention any names). The job in Telecom was very challenging by itself, perhaps more challenging than most of videogame development I've been through.

But of course everyone want to see how it is to create games, so I got an offer from a large US game company last year and accepted it. My pay nearly doubled. I went from $80,000 CAD to $145,000 USD. Of course that was nice and I was enjoying it for a few months. Soon, however, I realized that I have to work so much that I have no time to spend money I am earning. Long, 18-20 hour days at the office, working weekends, even staying at the office overnight became a norm. I was on a salary, so no overtime was paid.

I ended up leaving the job, just moved back to Canada several days ago. I have immediately started another job in gaming industry, probably for one of the largest/most respected companies out there(hint, hint, look at my location). This time around, I picked the job and was lucky enough to get it. During my time spent in US I met many industry insiders and got some good friends. I was told that I should try company ABC because of their benefits, salary and good management. So far its been great here, a lot of work, but managers are realistic about goals at least. I took a salary cut(went down to $120,000 CAD here), but I'm very happy regardless.

Perhaps you wanted to know more about companies and/or my job, but I cannot give out such information. Game developers are put under NDA's hours after they are hired. Of course, I would not want a lawsuit from a giant firm.
 
P1x44r said:
Well, honestly, I can't say that becoming a game developer was my dream job. I'm a programmer, and I used to work for Telecommunication industry before joining gmaing company XXX(I will not mention any names). The job in Telecom was very challenging by itself, perhaps more challenging than most of videogame development I've been through.

But of course everyone want to see how it is to create games, so I got an offer from a large US game company last year and accepted it. My pay nearly doubled. I went from $80,000 CAD to $145,000 USD. Of course that was nice and I was enjoying it for a few months. Soon, however, I realized that I have to work so much that I have no time to spend money I am earning. Long, 18-20 hour days at the office, working weekends, even staying at the office overnight became a norm. I was on a salary, so no overtime was paid.

I ended up leaving the job, just moved back to Canada several days ago. I have immediately started another job in gaming industry, probably for one of the largest/most respected companies out there(hint, hint, look at my location). This time around, I picked the job and was lucky enough to get it. During my time spent in US I met many industry insiders and got some good friends. I was told that I should try company ABC because of their benefits, salary and good management. So far its been great here, a lot of work, but managers are realistic about goals at least. I took a salary cut(went down to $120,000 CAD here), but I'm very happy regardless.

Perhaps you wanted to know more about companies and/or my job, but I cannot give out such information. Game developers are put under NDA's hours after they are hired. Of course, I would not want a lawsuit from a giant firm.

I've heard that being a programmer was a double edge sword so to speak. Good pay but you sure as hell work for it. But I gotta say its an industry I would love to get into but I still not sure exactly what I would want to do. But I'm at the right age tobe looking into various things so who knows :)
 
Trunks0 said:
I've heard that being a programmer was a double edge sword so to speak. Good pay but you sure as hell work for it. But I gotta say its an industry I would love to get into but I still not sure exactly what I would want to do. But I'm at the right age tobe looking into various things so who knows :)

Ever since I became an industry insider I nearly stopped playing games. The excitement isn't quite there anymore, I tend to look at any game as a product created to sell and not much more. Most people I know have done the same thing. It's one of the downsides I guess.
 
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